Jones Bonnie, Lightfoot Alexandra, De Marco Molly, Isler Malika Roman, Ammerman Alice, Nelson Debi, Harrison Lisa, Motsinger Brenda, Melvin Cathy, Corbie-Smith Giselle
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, USA.
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2012 Fall;6(3):339-48. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0045.
A disconnect exists between research resources and the health and health care needs of people those resources are designed to serve. While a great deal of research is being produced at academic institutions across the country, the topics investigated are often driven by researchers' interests or by funding announcements focused on specific research areas of interest to the funder. PURPOSE OF THE ARTICLE: The purpose of this article is to describe a process that connects community identified health priorities with research funds as well as capacity building efforts.
The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) developed a process to identify the health priorities of North Carolina communities through a partnership with the network of county Healthy Carolinians partnerships. The priorities identified were obesity, youth issues, healthcare delivery/access, mental health/ substance abuse, specific chronic diseases, cancer/tobacco, and injury/ violence. NC TraCS then used these research priorities to guide pilot funding and facilitate research capacity building.
Tapping into an established community-based network and linking researchers to community-identified priorities ensures that NC TraCS addresses the most pressing health needs of North Carolina's residents.
研究资源与这些资源旨在服务的人群的健康及医疗保健需求之间存在脱节。尽管全国各地的学术机构正在开展大量研究，但所调查的主题往往由研究人员的兴趣或资助公告驱动，这些公告聚焦于资助者感兴趣的特定研究领域。本文目的：本文旨在描述一个将社区确定的健康优先事项与研究资金以及能力建设努力联系起来的过程。
北卡罗来纳州转化与临床科学研究所（NC TraCS）通过与各县“健康卡罗来纳人”伙伴关系网络合作，制定了一个确定北卡罗来纳州社区健康优先事项的过程。确定的优先事项包括肥胖、青少年问题、医疗服务提供/可及性、心理健康/药物滥用、特定慢性病、癌症/烟草以及伤害/暴力。NC TraCS随后利用这些研究优先事项来指导试点资金并促进研究能力建设。
利用已建立的基于社区的网络并将研究人员与社区确定的优先事项联系起来，确保了NC TraCS满足北卡罗来纳州居民最紧迫的健康需求。
